Alert Bay Visitor Centre

Rich with Kwakwaka’wakw Culture & History. The U’mista Cultural Centre has the famed Potlatch Collection, taken by Canadian Government in 1922. U'mista also has summer programs from Tuesdays to Fridays July and August check their facebook site for schedules closer to summer months. The Alert Bay Library-Museum has many photographs of local history & items from early settlement years. The Ecological Park has boardwalk through a marsh and short trails surounding the park. Also 16 KM of Island trails that take you through our amazing forest. Art galleries, stroll long the boardwalk, Totem Poles, Big House. T'sasala Cultural Group culture sharing Saturdays in Big House July and August. Culture Shock also has summer programs Saturdays in July and August: Nusa (story telling) with Ada Vera Newman, cedar bark Weaving with Donna Cranmer, traditional sockey salmon BBQ with Anthony Hunt and Gwantilakw Cranmer. Summer Market in Gilbert Popovich Memorial Town Square Sundays June to September.